Computer Science Degree Contracts in England

Computer Science Degree
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Computer Science Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 134 245
Rank change year-on-year -13 +111 +91
Contract jobs citing Computer Science Degree 469 641 546
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.93% 1.72% 1.08%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.15% 5.51% 3.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 417 402
10th Percentile £313 £300 £363
25th Percentile £413 £413 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £750
90th Percentile £775 £783 £900
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 35 10
10th Percentile £36.60 £30.85 £19.30
25th Percentile £47.13 £38.75 £35.88
Median hourly rate £57.50 £56.25 £54.44
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% +3.33% +12.24%
75th Percentile £68.13 £74.38 £63.69
90th Percentile £74.43 £83.75 £71.38
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +4.55% - +13.40%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

Computer Science Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,629 11,624 13,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.33% 31.25% 27.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,849 7,135 9,365
10th Percentile £290 £306 £330
25th Percentile £415 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £629 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 435 985 748
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £15.15
25th Percentile £22.39 £18.13 £20.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%
75th Percentile £67.75 £62.50 £68.25
90th Percentile £81.74 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

Computer Science Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Computer Science Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science Degree in England

Computer Science Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Computer Science Degree in England.

Daily rate trend for Computer Science Degree in England

Computer Science Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Computer Science Degree in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Computer Science Degree in England

Computer Science Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Computer Science Degree in England.

Hourly rate trend for Computer Science Degree in England

Computer Science Degree
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Computer Science Degree in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Computer Science Degree in England

Computer Science Degree
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science Degree within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -39 251 £550 - 977
South East +40 59 £500 - 405
North of England +36 58 £563 +65.59% 250
Midlands +18 52 £459 -16.55% 184
West Midlands +2 36 £538 -2.27% 104
North West +26 31 £626 +279.09% 135
Yorkshire +16 21 £429 +26.18% 72
South West +34 17 £370 -37.02% 57
East Midlands +20 16 £447 -31.23% 72
East of England +10 12 - - 125
North East 0 6 £575 -4.17% 45
Computer Science Degree
UK

Computer Science Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (2.56%) Confluence
2 9 (1.92%) Apache Spark
3 7 (1.49%) Apache
4 2 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.43%) CMS
4 2 (0.43%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.43%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.21%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Application Server
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle Service Bus
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.21%) SAS
5 1 (0.21%) ThingWorx
5 1 (0.21%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.35%) MS Visio
3 8 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (1.28%) Oracle Smart View
5 4 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.43%) Adobe Captivate
6 2 (0.43%) Trello
7 1 (0.21%) CATIA
7 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 10 (2.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.64%) NEC Housing
3 2 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.43%) Endur
3 2 (0.43%) Maximo
3 2 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.43%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.21%) Cerner Millennium
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.21%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.21%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.21%) Shopify
4 1 (0.21%) Siebel CRM
4 1 (0.21%) Summit
4 1 (0.21%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 116 (24.73%) AWS
2 102 (21.75%) Azure
3 57 (12.15%) GCP
4 25 (5.33%) Power Platform
5 17 (3.62%) Cloud Computing
6 14 (2.99%) OCI
7 13 (2.77%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (2.56%) GitHub
9 11 (2.35%) Amazon S3
9 11 (2.35%) Serverless
10 10 (2.13%) SaaS
11 8 (1.71%) Entra ID
11 8 (1.71%) Snowflake
12 7 (1.49%) Amazon EC2
12 7 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (1.07%) Microsoft 365
13 5 (1.07%) Power Automate
13 5 (1.07%) PowerApps
14 4 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
14 4 (0.85%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 38 (8.10%) Firewall
2 31 (6.61%) Network Security
3 23 (4.90%) VPN
4 18 (3.84%) DNS
5 15 (3.20%) TCP/IP
6 13 (2.77%) Wireless
7 8 (1.71%) BGP
7 8 (1.71%) Internet
7 8 (1.71%) LAN
7 8 (1.71%) OSPF
7 8 (1.71%) SSL
7 8 (1.71%) WAN
8 7 (1.49%) DHCP
8 7 (1.49%) S/MIME
8 7 (1.49%) VLAN
9 6 (1.28%) Cisco Nexus
9 6 (1.28%) Wireshark
10 5 (1.07%) SD-WAN
11 4 (0.85%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 4 (0.85%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (5.97%) Data Warehouse
2 22 (4.69%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (4.69%) Power BI
3 17 (3.62%) MySQL
4 15 (3.20%) Big Data
4 15 (3.20%) Tableau
5 14 (2.99%) SQL Server
6 13 (2.77%) Relational Database
7 12 (2.56%) MongoDB
8 9 (1.92%) Hadoop
8 9 (1.92%) NoSQL
9 8 (1.71%) Data Lake
9 8 (1.71%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (1.71%) Oracle Database
10 7 (1.49%) Amazon RDS
10 7 (1.49%) DB2
10 7 (1.49%) Oracle ODI
10 7 (1.49%) Oracle Reports
11 6 (1.28%) Metadata
11 6 (1.28%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 47 (10.02%) Git
2 35 (7.46%) JIRA
3 28 (5.97%) Jenkins
4 16 (3.41%) Bitbucket
4 16 (3.41%) Selenium
5 14 (2.99%) GitLab
6 9 (1.92%) Postman
6 9 (1.92%) TestRail
7 8 (1.71%) GoogleTest
7 8 (1.71%) JUnit
8 7 (1.49%) JMeter
8 7 (1.49%) Maven
8 7 (1.49%) Rational DOORS
9 6 (1.28%) REST Assured
10 5 (1.07%) Cypress.io
10 5 (1.07%) Oracle Forms
10 5 (1.07%) Sonatype Nexus
11 4 (0.85%) Appium
11 4 (0.85%) ERwin
11 4 (0.85%) PowerDesigner
General
1 271 (57.78%) Social Skills
2 157 (33.48%) Analytical Skills
3 99 (21.11%) Finance
4 32 (6.82%) Public Sector
5 27 (5.76%) Banking
6 22 (4.69%) Telecoms
7 19 (4.05%) Manufacturing
7 19 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
8 18 (3.84%) Marketing
9 14 (2.99%) Automotive
10 13 (2.77%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (2.35%) Financial Institution
11 11 (2.35%) Investment Banking
12 10 (2.13%) Electronics
12 10 (2.13%) Front Office
12 10 (2.13%) Legal
13 7 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (1.28%) Retail
15 5 (1.07%) Back Office
16 4 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 77 (16.42%) Developer
2 66 (14.07%) Architect
3 60 (12.79%) Senior
4 29 (6.18%) Software Engineer
5 28 (5.97%) Network Engineer
6 26 (5.54%) Lead
6 26 (5.54%) Solutions Architect
7 18 (3.84%) Analyst
8 15 (3.20%) Consultant
9 14 (2.99%) C++ Software Engineer
9 14 (2.99%) DevOps Engineer
9 14 (2.99%) Senior Software Engineer
10 13 (2.77%) Support Engineer
11 12 (2.56%) Security Architect
12 10 (2.13%) Applications Support
12 10 (2.13%) Azure Engineer
12 10 (2.13%) Data Engineer
12 10 (2.13%) Java Engineer
12 10 (2.13%) Security Engineer
13 9 (1.92%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (7.46%) CSS
1 35 (7.46%) HTML
2 24 (5.12%) .NET
2 24 (5.12%) REST
3 22 (4.69%) React
4 18 (3.84%) AngularJS
5 15 (3.20%) Oracle Fusion
6 13 (2.77%) Middleware
6 13 (2.77%) RESTful
7 12 (2.56%) Spring
7 12 (2.56%) Web Services
8 11 (2.35%) Kafka
9 10 (2.13%) OAuth
9 10 (2.13%) PySpark
9 10 (2.13%) SOAP
10 8 (1.71%) Node.js
11 7 (1.49%) OpenID
11 7 (1.49%) SAML
11 7 (1.49%) TensorFlow
11 7 (1.49%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 58 (12.37%) Management Information System
2 26 (5.54%) Algorithms
3 20 (4.26%) Data Structures
4 17 (3.62%) Data Protection Act
5 16 (3.41%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (2.99%) Security Posture
7 13 (2.77%) Enterprise Software
7 13 (2.77%) Product Ownership
8 11 (2.35%) Industry 4.0
9 10 (2.13%) Cloud Native
9 10 (2.13%) Data Centre
10 9 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (1.92%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 8 (1.71%) Hedge funds
11 8 (1.71%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (1.71%) PKI
11 8 (1.71%) Public Cloud
12 7 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (1.49%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 38 (8.10%) Linux
2 17 (3.62%) Windows
3 7 (1.49%) Apple iOS
3 7 (1.49%) Embedded Linux
4 6 (1.28%) Android
4 6 (1.28%) Unix
5 5 (1.07%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.43%) AIX
6 2 (0.43%) Solaris
6 2 (0.43%) SUSE
6 2 (0.43%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.21%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 461 (98.29%) Computer Science
2 237 (50.53%) Problem-Solving
3 143 (30.49%) Agile
4 81 (17.27%) CI/CD
5 80 (17.06%) Software Engineering
6 73 (15.57%) DevOps
7 58 (12.37%) Migration
7 58 (12.37%) Test Automation
8 54 (11.51%) Mentoring
9 51 (10.87%) Scrum
10 50 (10.66%) Project Management
11 42 (8.96%) Business Intelligence
11 42 (8.96%) Continuous Improvement
11 42 (8.96%) Data Modelling
12 39 (8.32%) Analytics
13 38 (8.10%) Collaborative Working
14 36 (7.68%) Data Governance
14 36 (7.68%) User Experience
15 35 (7.46%) Decision-Making
16 34 (7.25%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 141 (30.06%) Python
2 85 (18.12%) Java
3 80 (17.06%) SQL
4 55 (11.73%) JavaScript
5 29 (6.18%) PowerShell
6 26 (5.54%) Bash
7 25 (5.33%) C++
8 22 (4.69%) C#
9 10 (2.13%) Apex Code
9 10 (2.13%) Shell Script
10 9 (1.92%) Perl
11 7 (1.49%) PL/SQL
11 7 (1.49%) Ruby
12 6 (1.28%) Go
12 6 (1.28%) PHP
12 6 (1.28%) R
13 5 (1.07%) C
13 5 (1.07%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.85%) RPG
14 4 (0.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 469 (100.00%) Degree
2 64 (13.65%) Security Cleared
3 57 (12.15%) Master's Degree
4 46 (9.81%) SC Cleared
5 33 (7.04%) Azure Certification
6 32 (6.82%) AWS Certification
7 29 (6.18%) Cisco Certification
8 24 (5.12%) CCNA
8 24 (5.12%) Microsoft Certification
9 22 (4.69%) CCNP
10 21 (4.48%) CISSP
11 18 (3.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 16 (3.41%) PMI Certification
12 16 (3.41%) PMP
13 11 (2.35%) ISTQB
14 10 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
15 8 (1.71%) CEH
15 8 (1.71%) CISM
16 7 (1.49%) DV Cleared
16 7 (1.49%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (11.51%) QA
2 24 (5.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (4.69%) Data Quality
4 21 (4.48%) NIST
5 15 (3.20%) GDPR
6 8 (1.71%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 6 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 5 (1.07%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.85%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.43%) GRC
10 2 (0.43%) NCSC
10 2 (0.43%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.43%) PMO
10 2 (0.43%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.21%) SOC 2
System Software
1 38 (8.10%) Docker
2 13 (2.77%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.43%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.43%) vSphere
5 1 (0.21%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.21%) HDFS
5 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.21%) XenApp
5 1 (0.21%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 39 (8.32%) Kubernetes
2 36 (7.68%) Terraform
3 29 (6.18%) Ansible
4 8 (1.71%) Prometheus
5 7 (1.49%) Progress Chef
6 6 (1.28%) MOM
6 6 (1.28%) Puppet
7 5 (1.07%) Grafana
7 5 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.85%) Istio
9 3 (0.64%) Argo
9 3 (0.64%) Control-M
9 3 (0.64%) Kibana
9 3 (0.64%) Rundeck
10 2 (0.43%) logstash
10 2 (0.43%) OPNET
10 2 (0.43%) SCCM
10 2 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.43%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.43%) vRealize
Vendors
1 72 (15.35%) Microsoft
2 52 (11.09%) Google
3 43 (9.17%) Oracle
4 39 (8.32%) SAP
5 22 (4.69%) Cisco
6 16 (3.41%) Salesforce
7 11 (2.35%) ServiceNow
8 10 (2.13%) IBM
9 9 (1.92%) Juniper
10 8 (1.71%) Meraki
11 7 (1.49%) Aruba
11 7 (1.49%) F5
11 7 (1.49%) Fortinet
11 7 (1.49%) Siemens
12 6 (1.28%) Adobe
12 6 (1.28%) Databricks
12 6 (1.28%) Red Hat
12 6 (1.28%) Rockwell
13 5 (1.07%) Infoblox
13 5 (1.07%) VMware